so i tended, not musically, but to side with bing crosby. i learned the greatest singer of my lifetime, of our ra. turned out to be sinatra. >> imus: what did you think when you heard little richard and jerry lee lewis and fats domino. >> i didn't think very much. i was dedicated and zoned into the career. >> imus: how did little richard hit your ear? >> i'm giving you the direct answer. it hit my ear as being something new. it wasn't something that i said, oh my god, is revolution might be taking place at that time. it was anunusual sound, an original sound. elvis, i took to him a little earlier than little richard but not in any manner remotely for profession judgment. >> imus: we're talking with clive davis, his book is called the sound track of my life. you're a regular lawyer, law firm in new york. then they merged and one of their clients was columbia records. then what? >> then a lucky break occurred. i was there about three years, harvey shine, roseman and coleman law firm came to me and said you're doing nonlitigation work. if you c